Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many may have felt betrayed , but there is little to suggest that MacDonald was any the less of a socialist than others , nor is there hard evidence to suggest that he schemed to bring about the collapse of the Labour government . |
| 2 | Mr Thomas Russell was asked to board up the back part of he building to keep out the rain . |
| 3 | ‘ Ca n't be done , ’ she said , feeling shamed by the look of despair on his face , and worse still as he fought to bring back the blankness to cover it . |
| 4 | At the time he expected to touch down the aircraft suddenly ‘ pulled down to his left ’ , he felt the back of the aircraft buckle and was aware of debris coming through the canopy . |
| 5 | Bigwig he asked to bring up the rear . |
| 6 | He sought to show how the laws imposed by certain countries to attract internationally mobile inward investment could only operate to the detriment of other states . |
| 7 | In her motherly concerned way , she was cosseting him as he tried to pick up the pieces of his life . |
| 8 | When his father , frustrated after years as a POW , returned , he tried to lay down the law . |
| 9 | He tried to set up the League of Princes , an international peace-keeping force aimed primarily against the Turks , and the exhibition shows the route of the journeys he made to other countries to promote the idea . |
| 10 | There was a distant whistle from behind Chernayev 's teeth as if he tried to blow away the wind that settled on him . |
| 11 | He tried to open out the conversation . |
| 12 | He tried to imagine how the boy would look now that he was nine . |
| 13 | The agent hesitated as he tried to read out the name of the Russian ship from the bill of laden in his hand . |
| 14 | With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth . |
| 15 | First he scratched away the plaster , then he tried to pull out the bricks . |
| 16 | He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair . |
| 17 | He tried to sniff back the wetness that had sprung to his eyes , but a few hot tears managed to spill over and course down his burning cheeks . |
| 18 | He tried to cover up the flutter of surprise by leaning forward and telling the driver it was time to return to New Scotland Yard . |
| 19 | The only rough treatment they got in the first half , worked in their favour , as Jim Magilton was hauled down , but up he bounced to hit home the penalty . |
| 20 | In this post he helped to build up the airship service into a major weapon in the war at sea . |
| 21 | He has to weigh up the possibility of a conviction for something , as opposed to the accused walking free . |
| 22 | But if that is n't bad enough , it is n't scheduled until April 24 — which means he has to sit out the inter-provincials . |
| 23 | But , ’ Jay teeters on the brink of a revelation , ‘ the A&R man does n't have to know about your music ; he has to know how the system works , how to get your material through the system . |
| 24 | He stopped to wipe away the excrement , which blinded his eyes and coated his lips . |
| 25 | Jackson Chatterton stirred as though he proposed to clean up the mess himself , but I waved him down and kept my eyes on Rickie . |
| 26 | He bent to pick up the curl of hair , which he put carefully in his pocket , next to his heart . |
| 27 | He bent to pick up the card he 'd been carrying then scowled at the deserted foyer . |
| 28 | ‘ Maybe ’ , I said , with a completely straight face , ‘ he wants to see how the units are getting on . ’ |
| 29 | So impressed was the forward-thinking Murray with the two games against Leeds that he wants to speed up the introduction of a British Cup . |
| 30 | He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained , he craved to ask for more . |